Posted in Patriots on Nov 26th, 2007 8 Comments »
Ugly? Absolutely.
But this is late November, a few days after Thanksgiving, when style points don’t mean much any more.
The Patriots 31-28 win last night over the Eagles was definitely among the ugliest of their 11 wins this season. And a few questions marks developed. But a few good things happened, too.
Here are 10 observations from last night’s win:
1. Tom Brady is as cool “as the other side of the pillow.”
This game had all of the … continued »
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Posted in Patriots on Nov 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
Coming off one of my better weeks (13-3) after several slumps, I feel good about this week.
My pick of the century … I mean year … is the Monday night game.
Have a nice weekend.
I’ll be at the Patriots-Eagles game on Sunday night.
I also have a story for Sunday’s E-T on Patriots GM Scott Pioli and how he deserves as much credit as Randy Moss, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick in terms of credit.
Well, here are … continued »
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Posted in Patriots on Nov 21st, 2007 4 Comments »
With Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes announcing his retirement today, I have a little story about how he almost became a Patriot rather than a Chief when the Baltimore Ravens let him go after the 2000 season.
The Patriots front office had decided that Holmes would be their No. 1 choice at running back with Antowain Smith, formerly of the Bills, No. 2 on the list.
There was one problem. Holmes was going to cost … continued »
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Posted in Patriots on Nov 21st, 2007 3 Comments »
I have a column in today’s newspaper about this very subject: Are the Patriots running up the score?
With the inference being, are they piling it on when the dogs should be called off?
No.
Let me explain. If the Patriots had one or two blowouts, and kept Tom Brady in the game, throwing until the final three minutes, in a 52-7 game, I would probably say yes.
But the problem is this is happening almost every … continued »
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Posted in Red Sox on Nov 20th, 2007 9 Comments »
With Mike Lowell officially in the fold the Sox starting rotation and starting lineup is set, as well as a few roles in bullpen and one guy (Alex Cora) as a utility infielder:
Rotation:
1. Josh Beckett
2. Daisuke Matsuzaka
3. Curt Schilling
4. Jon Lester
5. Clay Buchholz
Starting lineup
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
7. J.D. Drew, RF
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Julio Lugo, SS
Bench
Alex Cora, IF
Bullpen
Mike Timlin
Manny Delcarmen
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Posted in Red Sox on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Two sources have confirmed the deal between the Red Sox and Mike Lowell needs only some wording. Lowell will get $37.5 million over the length of the deal, which is about $1 millon less than he made over his entire career up to this point.
The World Series MVP (joining fellow WS MVPs Josh Beckett, Curt Schilling and Manny Ramirez) is also expected to take a physical tomorrow.
This basically means the Red Sox need only fill … continued »
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